# Hood

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**Hood** may refer to:

## Covering

### Apparel

- [Hood (headgear)](/source/Hood_(headgear)), type of head covering - Article of [academic dress](/source/Academic_dress#Hood) - [Bondage hood](/source/Bondage_hood), sex toy
- [Hoodie](/source/Hoodie), hooded sweatshirt

### Anatomy

- [Clitoral hood](/source/Clitoral_hood), a hood of skin surrounding the clitoris
- Hood, a flap of skin behind the head of a [cobra](/source/Cobra)

### Other coverings

- [Fume hood](/source/Fume_hood), piece of laboratory safety equipment
- [Hood (car)](/source/Hood_(car)), covering over the engine compartment in a motor vehicle ('bonnet' in most Commonwealth countries)
- [Kitchen hood](/source/Kitchen_hood), exhaust system for a stove or cooktop
- [Lens hood](/source/Lens_hood), device used to block light from creating glare in photographs

### Rail transport uses

- [Hood (rail transport)](/source/Hood_(rail_transport)), a rigid cover to protect a load on a flat wagon or a coil car
- [Hood unit](/source/Hood_unit), a type of diesel or electric locomotive - [Long hood](/source/Long_hood) - [Short hood](/source/Short_hood)

## Art, entertainment and media

### Fictional entities

- [Hood (Marvel Comics)](/source/Hood_(Marvel_Comics)), fictional Marvel Comics character
- [Hood (Malazan)](/source/Hood_(Malazan)), fictional god in the *Malazan Book of the Fallen* universe
- [Hood (*Thunderbirds*)](/source/Hood_(Thunderbirds)), fictional character in the *Thunderbirds* TV series
- [Hood (*My Hero Academia*)](/source/Hood_(My_Hero_Academia)), fictional Nomu character in the manga series *My Hero Academia*
- "The Hood", the vigilante name given to [Oliver Queen](/source/Oliver_Queen_(Arrowverse)) in season 1 of the TV series *Arrow*

### Films

- *Hood*, an unrealized film by [The Wachowskis](/source/The_Wachowskis'_unrealized_projects#Hood)

### Gaming

- *[Hood: Outlaws & Legends](/source/Hood:_Outlaws_%26_Legends)*, a 2021 video game

### Literature

- [*Hood* (novel)](/source/Hood_(novel)), a 1995 novel by Emma Donoghue
- *Hood* (2006), the first book of the [King Raven Trilogy](/source/King_Raven_Trilogy), by Stephen R. Lawhead

### Music

- [Hood (band)](/source/Hood_(band)), British indie rock band
- [Hoods (band)](/source/Hoods_(band)), American punk band

## Enterprises and institutions

- [Hood College](/source/Hood_College), a liberal arts college in Frederick, Maryland, United States
- [HP Hood](/source/HP_Hood), an American food manufacturer

## Slang

- Hood, a slang term for [neighborhood](/source/Neighbourhood) - Hood, slang term specifically for Black [American ghettos](/source/American_ghettos)

## People

- [Hood (surname)](/source/Hood_(surname)), a list of people
- [Robin Hood](/source/Robin_Hood), medieval English folk hero
- hood, a slang shortening of [hoodlum](/source/Hoodlum)

## Places

### Iran

- [Hood, Iran](/source/Hood,_Iran), a village in Fars Province of Iran

### United States

- Fort Hood (now [Fort Cavazos](/source/Fort_Cavazos)), a U.S. Army post near Killeen, Texas
- [Hood, California](/source/Hood,_California), a census-designated place in the United States
- [Hood Canal](/source/Hood_Canal), a fjord off Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington
- [Hood County, Texas](/source/Hood_County,_Texas), a county in the U.S. state of Texas
- [Hood River (disambiguation)](/source/Hood_River_(disambiguation))
- [Mount Hood](/source/Mount_Hood), the tallest mountain in the U.S. state of Oregon - [Mount Hood, Oregon](/source/Mount_Hood,_Oregon), an unincorporated community named for the mountain - [Mount Hood Parkdale, Oregon](/source/Mount_Hood_Parkdale,_Oregon), the name of the post office that serves Mount Hood, Oregon

## Transportation

- [List of ships called HMS *Hood*](/source/List_of_ships_called_HMS_Hood)
- Hood Steamer, an early (1900–01) American manufacturer of steam cars in Lanark, Illinois, see [List of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States](/source/List_of_defunct_automobile_manufacturers_of_the_United_States)

## Other uses

- [HOOD method](/source/HOOD_method), software design method
- NASDAQ ticker symbol for [Robinhood Markets](/source/Robinhood_Markets)
- Hood, codename for the largest secretly detonated thermonuclear device over United States territory; see [Operation Plumbbob](/source/Operation_Plumbbob)

## See also

- [Da Hood (disambiguation)](/source/Da_Hood_(disambiguation))
- [Hoodwink (disambiguation)](/source/Hoodwink_(disambiguation))
- [Hoodlum (disambiguation)](/source/Hoodlum_(disambiguation))
- [Robin Hood (disambiguation)](/source/Robin_Hood_(disambiguation))

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